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SPECIAL REGULATIONS 
No. 55 


MOBILIZATION 

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SPECIAL REGULATIONS NO. 55 


WAR DEPARTMENT, 

•Washington, April 2, 1911, 

The following tentative regulations governing the mobiliza¬ 
tion of the National Guard called or drafted into the service of 
the United States by the President are approved and published 
for the information and guidance of all concerned. 

[2502808, A. G. O.] 

By oedee of the Seceetaey of Wae : 

H. L. SCOTT, 

Major General, Chief of Staff. 

Official : 

H. P. McCAIN, 

The Adjutant General, 


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TABLE OP CONTENTS 


Paragraph. 


Section I. General provisions_ 1-21 

Section II. Selection and preparation of mobilization 

camps_22-28 

Section III. Assembly at company rendezvous_29-35 

Section IV. Assembly of troops at mobilization camps_36-40 

Section V. Supplies, equipment, and transportation at 

mobilization camps_41-50 

Section VI. Instructions for United States mustering 

officers and medical examiners_51-66 

Section VII. Reserve battalions in time of war_67-71 


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MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 

Section I. 

i GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING MOBILIZATION. 

Paragraph. 


Transmission of call or draft_ 1 

Induction into Federal service_ 2 

Jurisdiction of department commanders_ 3 

Duties of department commanders_ 4 

Report of National Guard commanders for orders_ 5 

State administrative staff, National Guard_ 6 

National Guard Reserve_ 7 

Use of Regular Army personnel_ 8 

Company rendezvous, mobilization and concentration 

camps_ 9 

Administration of mobilization camps_ 10 

Training at mobilization camps_ 11 

Recruitment at company rendezvous_ 12 

Recruitment at mobilization camps_ 13 

General recruitment_ 14 

Recruiting rendezvous_ 15 

Minor physical defects of applicants for enlistment_ 16 

Appointment and promotion of officers_ 17 

Discharge of enlisted men to accept commissions_ 18 

Discharge on account of disability_ 19 

Method of paying officers and enlisted men_ 20 

Organization and equipment of the National Guard_ 21 


1. Transmission of call or draft.—The proclamation of the 
President, calling or drafting the National Guard, or any part 
thereof, into the service of the United States will be transmitted 
by the Secretary of War to the governor of each State and 
Territory and to the commanding general of the National Guard 
of the District of Columbia. 

The adjutant general of each State and Territory and the 
District of Columbia will transmit to all commanders of organi- 

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zations and individuals concerned the terms of the call or 
draft and the date on which they are required to respond 
thereto. (See pars. 5 and 6.) 

2. Induction into Federal service.—No official act, other 
than the President’s call or draft, is required by law to mark the 
change of status of the National Guard to Federal control. 
The call or draft itself inducts all organizations and individ¬ 
uals concerned into the service of the United States on the date 
they are required to respond to the call, or in case of a draft 
on the date thereof. 

“ The National Guard when called as such into the service of 
the United States shall, from the time they are required by the 
terms of the call to respond thereto, be subject to the laws and 
regulations governing the Regular Army.” (Sec. 101, act of 
June 3, 1916.) 

All members of the National Guard and of the National 
Guard Reserve drafted into the service of the United States 
shall, from the date of their draft, stand discharged from the 
militia, and shall, from said date, be subject to such laws and 
regulations for government of the Army of the United States 
as may be applicable to members of the Volunteer Army. (See 
sec. Ill, act of June 3, 1916.) 

3. Jurisdiction of department commanders.—From the 
date they are required to respond to the call, or, in case of draft, 
from the date thereof, officers and enlisted men of the National 
Guard are under the orders of the commanding general of the 
territorial department of the Regular Army in which they are 
located. 

Department commanders will take steps to apprehend and 
bring to trial all members of the National Guard that fail to 
report for duty in response to the call or draft. (See par. 57.) 

4. Duties of department commanders.—Department com¬ 
manders are charged wuth the administration, discipline, in¬ 
struction, training, inspection, and recruitment of National 
Guard troops under their command and will make provision 
with the means at their disposal for the shelter, supply, equip¬ 
ment, transportation, and payment of these troops. 

Under general directions from the War Department depart¬ 
ment commanders will have charge of all matters pertaining 
to the mobilization of the National Guard wuthin their respective 
departments. The officer in charge of militia affairs at depart¬ 
ment headquarters is a member of the department commander’s 


GENERAL TROVISIONS. 


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staff and assists him in the mobilization. Department com¬ 
manders will order forward troops from company rendezvous 
to mobilization camps, and, as directed by the War Department, 
from mobilization camps to concentration camps. 

In exceptional cases, when so directed by the War Department, 
troops will be held at company rendezvous or will be ordered 
by department commanders directly to concentration camps or 
to points other than mobilization camps. (See pars. 22, 23, 24, 26, 
and 51, also par. 193 A. R.) 

5. Report of National Guard commanders for orders.— 
On receipt of the call or draft of the National Guard into Fed¬ 
eral service the following officers will report for orders by tele¬ 
graph to the department commander: 

Division commanders. 

Separate brigade commanders. 

Commanders of regiments not forming a part of an organized 
brigade. 

Coast defense commanders. 

Commanders of battalions not forming a part of a regiment. 

Commanders of companies not forming a part of a battalion. 

Each of the above officers in reporting will give his name, 
rank, address, and the name of his command. (See par. 29.) 

6. State administrative staff, National Guard.—The officers 
and enlisted men of the authorized State administrative staff 
embraced in the call or draft of the President will be ordered 
by the department commander to the mobilization camp or to 
such other points as he may designate, and will there enter upon 
the duties devolving upon them by law and regulations govern¬ 
ing similar staff officers and enlisted men of the Regular Array. 

On receipt of call or draft the senior officer of each staff corps 
or department of the State administrative staff will report for 
orders by telegraph to the department commander, giving his 
name, rank, corps or department, address, the names and rank 
of officers and the number and grades of enlisted men of his 
corps or department embraced in the call or draft. 

7. National Guard Reserve.—Officers of the National Guard 
Reserve called or drafted into Federal service will, on receipt 
of the call or draft, report by letter to the department com¬ 
mander for orders. Reserve officers will in all cases be required 
to present their commissions or letters of appointment to the 
mustering officer before the latter prepares the records of these 
officers required by paragraph 55. 

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When called or drafted enlisted men of the National Guard 
Reserve will report to the commanding officer of a company 
stationed near where they are located and proceed to the mo¬ 
bilization camp with that company. Camp commanders will as¬ 
certain the names of all reservists in mobilization camps and 
will assign them to companies of the arm, corps, or department 
from which furloughed, preferably to the companies in which 
they were serving when furloughed to the reserve. Command¬ 
ing officers of companies to which reservists are assigned will 
secure the enlistment paper and report of physical examination 
of each reservist from the adjutant general of the State. 

8. Use of Regular Army personnel.—From the date of the 
call or draft of the President all officers, including retired officers, 
and noncommissioned officers of the Regular Army on duty with 
the National Guard or at civil educational institutions, will be 
under the orders of the commanders of the territorial depart¬ 
ments in which they are serving and available for duty in con¬ 
nection with mobilization of the National Guard. (See pars. 
10, 24, and 51.) 

9. Company rendezvous, mobilization and concentration 
camps.—The home station of a company or other National 
Guard organization will be known as its company rendezvous. 

The place of assembly for the National Guard from a State, 
Territory, or the District of Columbia, when called or drafted 
into the service of the United States, is known as the mo¬ 
bilization camp. (See par. 253 F. S. R.) A mobilization camp 
need not necessarily be under canvas. 

“A concentration camp is a place near the scene of intended 
operations or near an embarkation point, where troops are 
assembled for immediate use against the enemy or for trans¬ 
port to an over sea theater of operations.” (Par. 254 F. S. R.) 
(See pars. 254 to 256 F. S. R.) 

10. Administration of mobilization camps.—The admin¬ 
istration of mobilization camps will be that provided by law and 
regulations governing the Regular Army. Wherever practicable 
the department commander will designate an officer of the Reg¬ 
ular Army of suitable rank as permanent commanding officer of 
each mobilization camp. Methods of official correspondence, the 
rendering of returns and reports, the keeping of records, the 
means of procuring, issuing, and accounting for military sup¬ 
plies will conform to the provisions of Army Regulations and 


GENERAL PROVISIONS. 11 

the regulations for the various staff corps and departments 
issued by the War Department. 

11. Training at mobilization camps.—Programs of instruc¬ 
tion and training for National Guard troops assembled at mo¬ 
bilization camps will be prepared under the direction of de¬ 
partment commanders and furnished camp commanders. Divi¬ 
sion inspector-instructors are available under the direction of 
department commanders to prepare these programs prior to mo¬ 
bilization. They will conform in general to the provisions of 
General Orders No. 36, War Department, 1916. Programs of 
instruction for sanitary troops will be based on Drill Regula¬ 
tions and Service Manual for Sanitary Troops, United States 
Army, 1914, and Mason’s Handbook for Sanitary Troops. 
Senior inspector-instructors of sanitary troops of National 
Guard divisions are available under the direction of depart¬ 
ment commanders to prepare these programs. 

12. Recruitment at company rendezvous.—At each rendez¬ 
vous the commanding officer of each company will appoint a 
temporary recruiting party consisting of one commissioned officer 
and not to exceed two enlisted men to recruit for his company. 
In the case of a regiment or separate battalion stationed to¬ 
gether, the appointments will be made by the commanding 
officer thereof upon recommendations of company commanders. 
In case there is no medical officer of the National Guard sta¬ 
tioned in the city or town to make the physical examination* 
recruits will be accepted for enlistment at company rendezvous 
and will be enlisted if found qualified at the mobilization camp, 
or when the physical examination can be made by an officer of 
the Medical Corps of the Regular Army or National Guard. 
(See par. 16.) Regimental, separate battalion, and separate 
company commanders will report to the department commander 
as soon as services of their respective recruiting parties are no 
longer required. 

13. Recruitment at mobilization camps.—The commander 
of a mobilization camp will detail an officer as camp recruiting 
officer, with the necessary enlisted personnel. The physical 
examination of recruits will be made under the direction of the 
medical examiner of the Regular Army. (See pars. 16 and 53.) 

14. General recruitment.—The general recruitment of the 
National Guard in the Federal service will be conducted by 
National Guard recruiting parties under the orders and super¬ 
vision of department commanders. The recruiting service of 


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MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 


the Regular Army will render such assistance as may be prac¬ 
ticable, when called upon to do so by department commanders. 
(See par. 16.) 

15. Recruiting rendezvous.—The mobilization camps will 
be the recruiting rendezvous for National Guard while the 
troops are in such camps. After the departure of troops from 
mobilization camp recruiting rendezvous will, except in time of 
war, be established by department commanders either at Regu¬ 
lar Army posts or mobilization camps for geographical districts 
comprising one or more States. In time of war the recruiting 
rendezvous will be at the station of the reserve battalions, 
which, in absence of orders from the War Department, will be 
formed and stationed by department commanders at Regular 
Army posts or mobilization camps. (See par. 16 and Sec. VII.) 

16. Minor physical defects of applicants for enlistment.— 
Department commanders are authorized to waive minor defects 
or deficiencies of an applicant for enlistment which are not 
sufficient to disqualify the applicant for field service. 

On the recommendation of the medical examiner, the muster¬ 
ing officer is authorized to waive such defects, and if he is 
unable to decide whether or not to authorize waiver he will 
forward his recommendations to the department commander, 
whose decision thereon will be final. 

In cases where no mustering officer is present the recom¬ 
mendation of the medical officer examining the applicant will 
be submitted by the commanding officer of the post, station, or 
camp directly to the department commander. 

In all cases the action of the department commander or 
mustering officer will be noted on the report of physical exami¬ 
nation. (See pars. 12 to 15.) 

17. Appointment and promotion of officers.—“ Persons 
hereafter commissioned as officers of the National Guard shall 
not be recognized as such under any of the provisions of this 
act unless they shall have been selected from the following 
classes and shall have taken and subscribed to the oath of 
office prescribed in the preceding section of this act; Officers 
or enlisted men of the National Guard; oflicers on the reserve 
or unassigned list of the National Guard; officers, active or re¬ 
tired, and former officers of the United States Army, Navy, and 
Marine Corps; graduates of the United States Military and 
Naval Academies and graduates of schools, colleges, and uni¬ 
versities where military science is taught under the supervision 


GENERAL PROVISIONS. 


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of an officer of the Regular Army; and, for the technical 
branches and staff corps or departments, such other civilians 
as may be especially qualified for duty therein.” (Sec. 74, act 
of June 3, 1916.) 

“ The provisions of this act shall not apply to any person 
hereafter appointed an officer of the National Guard unless he 
first shall have successfully passed such tests as to his physical, 
moral, and professional fitness as the President shall prescribe. 
The examination to determine such qualifications for commis¬ 
sion shall be conducted by a board of three commissioned ofli- 
cers appointed by the Secretary of War from the Regular Army 
or the National Guard, or both.” (Sec. 75, act of June 3, 191G.) 

No person appointed or commissioned as an officer by the 
governor of a State on and after the date of the call of the 
National Guard as such into the Federal service will be ac¬ 
cepted or permitted to act as an officer until his appointment is 
announced by the department commander. 

Department commanders are authorized to announce these 
appointments, provided the appointees are physically qualified; 
are citizens or have declared their intention to become citizens 
of the United States; have been selected from the classes author¬ 
ized in section 74, act of June 3, 1916, and who being designated 
for commissions other than promotion as second lieutenants 
shall be not more than 30; as first lieutenants not more than 
35; as captains not more than 40; as majors not more than 45; 
as lieutenant colonels not more than 50; as colonels not more 
than 55; or as general officers not more than 60 years of age. 
Where it is impracticable to examine the appointee the an¬ 
nouncement of the appointment will state that the officer so- 
appointed is subject to future examination as to moral and 
professional fitness under the provisions of section 75, act of 
June 3, 1916. (See Circulars Nos. 13 and 23, Militia Bureau, 
1916.) 

In case of draft, vacancies that exist or occur on and after 
the date of the draft in the authorized commissioned strength 
of the National Guard so drafted will be filled by the President, 
as far as practicable, by appointment of members of the organ¬ 
izations drafted, and in the manner prescribed by law for filling 
similar vacancies occurring in the Volunteer Army. 

If an officer of the National Guard receives an appointment 
to a higher grade on or after the date of the call, the announce¬ 
ment by the department commander, or in case of draft by the- 


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War Department, of his appointment to such higher grade oper¬ 
ates to vacate his prior commission and renders a formal muster 
out of the officer as of the old grade unnecessary. 

18. Discharge of enlisted men to accept commissions.— 
On and after the date of the call or draft department com¬ 
manders are authorized to discharge enlisted men of the 
National Guard to accept commissions in the National Guard 
thus called or drafted. Such acceptance may be by letter or 
telegraph or may be by entering upon the duties of the office, 
and the discharge will be effective on the day immediately pre¬ 
ceding the day of acceptance. 

19. Discharge on account of disability.—Officers and en¬ 
listed men of the National Guard found physically disqualified 
for service will be discharged by the department commander on 
the recommendation of the mustering officer. 

In case of an officer, the department commander will state in 
the order that the officer is discharged “ By order of the 
President” (2431538 A. G. O.). 

In either case a certificate of disability will be made out by 
the medical examiner on Form No. 17, A. G. O., on which will be 
shown whether or not the disability existed or originated prior 
to the date the officer or enlisted man responded to the call, or 
in case of draft the date thereof. 

20. Method of paying officers and enlisted men.—Officers 
and enlisted men of the National Guard will be paid in the same 
manner and on the same forms as officers and enlisted men of 
the Regular Army. 

21. Organization and equipment of the National Guard.— 
Pending the publication of Tables of Organization and equip¬ 
ment manuals, the act of June 3, 1916, as published in Bulletin 
No. 16, War Department, 1916, and General Orders No. 50, War 
Department, 1916, should be consulted to ascertain the strength 
and composition of regiments and smaller units; and the Unit 
Accountability Equipment Manuals and General Orders No. 39, 
War Department, 1915, should be consulted to ascertain the 
equipment of headquarters, companies, and detachments. Cir¬ 
cular 29, Militia Bureau, 1916, prescribes the organization for 
the various units of Coast Artillery Corps. (See par. 65.) 


Section II. 


SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF MOBILIZATION 

GAIMPS. 

Paragraphs. 

See Company rendezvous, mobilization and concentration 

camps_ 9 

Selection of mobilization camps_ 22 

Annual inspection of mobilization camps_ 23 

Appointment of camp quartermasters_ 24 

Appointment and duties of camp surgeon_ 25 

Preparation of camps upon mobilization_ 26 

Mobilization in winter_ 27 

Mobilization of Coast Artillery Corps_ 28 

22. Selection of mobilization camps.—Each mobilization 
camp for the National Guard will be selected by the depart¬ 
ment commander after consultation with State authorities and 
after an inspection of available sites by an officer or board of 
officers of the Regular Army. 

The suitability of camp sites, especially as to water, sani¬ 
tation, facilities for transportation, availability of supplies, 
particularly subsistence, forage, fuel, and similar camp sup¬ 
plies should be carefully considered in selecting sites for mo¬ 
bilization camps. 

“ Hereafter when mobilization camps are being decided upon, 
all recommendations for mobilization camps at State capitals 
will be rejected.” (Decision of Secretary of War. Memo. 
Chief of Stalf, Aug. 30, 1916.) 

If in any case the sites available for selection are not well 
adapted for the purpose, and likewise should the site selected 
become undesirable or circumstances render it unsuitable as a 
mobilization camp, the department commander will so report 
to the War Department. Department commanders will keep 
the War Department advised of the location of the mobilization 
camps for the National Guard in the several States, Terri¬ 
tories, and the District of Columbia. These camps will not 
be changed except for cogent reasons and after timely notice 
prior to the change has been given the War Department. 

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23. Annual inspection of mobilization camps.—The sites, 
facilities, and equipment of mobilization camps will be in¬ 
spected annually, during the period prescribed for the field 
instruction of the National Guard. Where deficiencies in 
facilities or equipment exist, department commanders will have 
plans prepared and cause all such deficiencies to be made good 
as soon as practicable. 

24. Ai>pointment of camp quartermasters.—When the Na¬ 
tional Guard is called or drafted into the service of the United 
States the department commander will at once appoint a camp 
quartermaster for each mobilization camp in his department. 
If there is no available Regular Army officer with experience 
as a quartermaster, an officer of the Quartermaster Corps of 
the State administrative staff embraced in the call or draft 
will be appointed camp quartermaster. (See par. 6.) 

If an officer of the National Guard is designated camp quar¬ 
termaster the camp commander will telegraph the Quarter¬ 
master General the name and rank of the officer so appointed 
and the name of the bonding company in which such officer 
wishes to be bonded. 

Officers of the National Guard are not competent to disburse 
Federal funds until they have been bonded. (See pars. 26, 30, 
31, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, and 48.) 

25. Appointment and duties of camp surgeons.—When 
the National Guard is called or drafted into the service of the 
United States, the department commander will at once appoint 
for each mobilization camp in his department an officer of the 
Medical Corps of the Regular Army as camp surgeon, who will 
perform the duties prescribed in paragraphs 592 to 605, Manual 
for the Medical Department, 1916. (See par. 38.) In addition, the 
camp surgeon may be detailed medical examiner. (See par. 51.) 

26. Preparation of camps upon mobilization.—State mo¬ 
bilization camps will be prepared for occupancy by the camp 
quartermasters under direction of the department commander. 
Expenditures for the preparation of mobilization camps will in 
no case exceed the amounts authorized by the department com¬ 
mander for that purpose. The construction of temporary build¬ 
ings for mobilization camps will conform as nearly as prac¬ 
ticable to the plans prepared by the Quartermaster General of 
the Army and approved by the Secretary of War. 

27. Mobilization in winter.—In the event the National 
Guard is called forth during the winter and it is impracticable 


SELECTION AND PREPARATION, MOBILIZATION CAMPS. 17 

to order troops into the mobilization camps of some of the north¬ 
ern States, organizations may be mobilized in their armories, or 
a mobilization camp for the National Guard from such States 
may be designated in a warm climate beyond their boundaries, 
the organizations being forwarded thereto directly from the 
State armories. Under these conditions the mobilization camp 
of a particular State may be at one of the concentration camps 
or at an Army post designated by the department commander. 
(See pars. 4 and 51.) 

28. Mobilization of Coast Artillery Corps.—Coast Artillery 
companies will be sent directly from their company rendezvous 
to the coast-defense command of the Regular Army to which 
they have been assigned by the War Department. (See par. 51.) 

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MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 


Section III. 

ASSEMBLY AT COMPANY RENDEZVOUS. 

Paragraph. 


See Company rendezvous_ 9 

Date of assembly_ 29 

Records to be started_ 30 

Subsistence_ 31 

Quarters for troops_ 32 

Training_ 33 

Vacating armories_ 34 

Transporting equipment to railroad stations_ 35 

See Transmission of call or draft_ 1 

See INIethod of accounting for United States property for the 

National Guard_ 48 

See Transfer of accountability foi- National Guard property- 49 

See Recruitment at company rendezvous _ 12 

See United States property_ 37 

See Precaution against contagious diseases_ 38 

See Transportation to mobilization camp_ 39 


29. Date of assembly.—On the date the National Guard is 
required to respond to the call or in case of draft on the date 
thereof, all organizations of the National Guard will assemble at 
their company rendezvous, where they will await the orders of 
the department commander. (See Reports of National Guard 
commanders for orders, par. 5.) 

30. Records to be started.—New morning reports and sick 
reports will be started from the date the company or detach¬ 
ment assembles at the company rendezvous. (See pars. 63 and 
64.) Morning reports will show the date and hour of arrival 
of each member of the organization. Cases of illness or injury 
occurring after this date will be recorded and reported as re¬ 
quired in paragraph 427 of the Manual for the Medical Depart¬ 
ment, 1916. 

Each supply or other officer of the National Guard incurring 
obligations payable from Federal funds will provide himself 
with a duplicating book in which will be entered a memorandum 
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of all transactions and receipts given by him in connection with 
rations, transportation requests, bills of lading, and supplies of 
every nature. Each entry will show date, place, item, cost, 
names of other parties to trausuction, and in general a full 
statement of the circumstances, including the number of officers 
and enlisted men involved in the transaction. In case a receipt 
is given notation thereon will be made to show where it is to be 
forwarded for settlement. The carbon copies of these transac¬ 
tions and receipts given will be sent to the camp quartermaster 
of the mobilization camp, or other quartermasier designated by 
the department commander, for checking outstanding claims 
and accounts presented for payment. 

31. Subsistence.—An expenditure for subsistence not to ex¬ 
ceed 75 cents for meals or 40 cents for rations in kind per enlisted 
man is authorized for each day of actual service while a com¬ 
pany or detachment, or any part thereof, is at its company ren¬ 
dezvous. Regimental supply officers and commanding officers 
of battalions or companies stationed separately will procure the 
necessary rations in kind or meals for their respective organi¬ 
zations in the manner prescribed in paragraph 550, Army Regu¬ 
lations, 1913. Purchase vouchers (Form No. 330, W. D.) will be 
completed for the rations obtained and sent to the quartermas¬ 
ter of the mobilization camp for settlement. In case these 
forms are not on hand for use, receipts for the supplies received 
or meals obtained will be furnished by the responsible officer 
and presented by the parties furnishing the components of the 
rations or meals to the quartermaster of the mobilization camp 
for settlement. If rations in kind are purchased, the responsible 
officer will furnish the camp quartermaster with a completed 
ration return (Form No. 223, Q. M. C.) to cover the period in 
which the rations were used, and in case meals are obtained the 
purchase vouchers, or receipts given for the meals, will have 
stated on them the price and number of meals furnished and the 
number of men of each company subsisted each day. If re¬ 
ceipts are given they will be made in duplicate; the carbon copy 
will be plainly marked duplicate and forwarded or turned in to 
the quartermaster of the mobilization camp by the responsible 
officer. If rations are purchased the completed ration return, 
accompanied by the carbon copies of all purchase vouchers 
(Form No. 330, W. D.) covering the rations, will be forwarded by 
the camp quartermaster to the Quartermaster General in lieu of 


20 SIOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 

formally taking up the components of the rations on a subsist¬ 
ence return. No ration savings are authorized on rations or 
meals thus obtained. (See pars. 30, 40, and 41.) 

32. Quarters for troops.—While a command remains at its 
company rendezvous, and where adequate armory facilities do 
not exist for caring for the men at night, regimental commanders 
and commanders of battalions or companies stationed separately 
are authorized to permit enlisted men of their commands to 
sleep at home, but in such cases the men must report daily at 
the armory for duty. 

33. Training.—i’rograms of training at company rendezvous 
will be announced by department commanders. Pending their 
receipt, each organization commander will institute a course of 
such progressive training as may be practicable, drills being held 
daily and progressive instruction given all members and re¬ 
cruits with a special view to prompt preparation for field service. 
The articles of war enumerated in one hundred and tenth 
Article of War will be read and explained by a company officer 
to all enlisted men at the company rendezvous. 

34. Vacating armories.—The commanding officer of each 
regiment and of each battalion or company stationed separately 
will make the necessary arrangements with the adjutant general 
of the State to take charge of the armory and State property 
upon the departure of the troops for mobilization camps or new 
stations. 

35. Transporting equipment to railroad station.—In order 
to haul baggage and equipment from the armory to the railroad 
station, regimental supply officers and commanding officers of 
battalions or companies stationed separately will utilize, so far 
as possible, all Federal wheel transportation in their possession, 
and, if necessary, will hire ferry or additional wheel transpor¬ 
tation. Properly accomplished certified vouchers (Form No. 330, 
W. D.) should be made for this service, but if the forms are 
not available receipts will be given the contractors, who should 
be instructed to present them to the quartermaster of the mobili¬ 
zation camp or new station of the organization for settlement 
(See par. 30.) 


Section IV. 

ASSEMBLY OF TROOPS AT MOBILIZATION CAMPS. 

Paragraph. 


Order for assembly of troops_ 36 

United States property_ 37 

Precaution against contagious diseases_ 38 

Transportation to mobilization camps_ 39 

Subsistence en route_ 40 


36. Order for assembly of troops.—Orders for the move¬ 
ment of the troops from company rendezvous to mobilization 
camps or new stations will be issued by department command¬ 
ers. (See pars. 4 and 29.) 

37. United States property.—All arms, ammunition, equip¬ 
ment, supplies, clothing, animals, wheel transportation, and 
other United States property in the possession of organizations, 
whether supplied by the United States from Federal funds or 
purchased by the State authorities, will be taken with the or¬ 
ganization or shipped to the mobilization camps or to its new 
station. (See pars. 4. 27, 28, and 30.) Upon assembly at com¬ 
pany rendezvous all articles not in the possession of enlisted 
men or needed en route will be prepared at once for shipment. 
(See pars. 30 and 39.) 

State, organization, and privately owned property, such as 
automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles, if taken, should be trans¬ 
ported and maintained at the expense of the State, organiza¬ 
tion, or individual and not at the expense of the United States. 

38. Precaution against contagious diseases.—Before troops 
are sent to mobilization camps or new stations they should be 
carefully examined to detect the presence of infectious or con¬ 
tagious diseases, especially smallpox, typhoid fever, measles, or 
mumps. Such examination should be made by a medical officer 
of the Regular Army or the National Guard. If this examina¬ 
tion is not made at the company rendezvous, it will be made 
immediately upon arrival at the mobilization camp or new sta¬ 
tion. When any infectious or contagious disease is found to 

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22 


MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 


exist in any company, it will be quarantined at once on the 
recommendation of the medical officer, and report of the presence 
of such disease will be made by telegraph to the department 
commander. 

89. Transportation to mobilization camp.—Under the de- 
I)artment commander, the property and disbursing officer for the 
United States in each State, Territory, or District of Columbia 
is responsible for transporting National Guard organizations 
from company rendezvous to the mobilization camps. He will 
arrange a practical transportation schedule for assembling the 
National Guard in his State, together with all the necessary im¬ 
pedimenta, and will submit such schedule on March 31 and 
September 30 of each year through the adjutant general of the 
State, Territory, or District of Columbia to the commander of 
the territorial department for his approval. Department com¬ 
manders may call for these schedules at any time. 

The camp quartermaster and also the property and disburs¬ 
ing officer will communicate with the department quartermaster, 
who will inform them of the name and address of the repre¬ 
sentative of the American Railway Association to be sent to the 
mobilization camp, and with whom they will consult on all 
matters pertaining to the transportation of troops by rail. 

40. Subsistence en route.—An expenditure for subsistence 
not to exceed 75 cents for meals or 40 cents for rations in kind 
per enlisted man for each day or part of a day is authorized 
for troops en route from company rendezvous to mobilization 
camp. This subsistence will be obtained and accounted for in 
the manner prescribed in paragraph 31 of these regulations. 
Meals or rations in kind may be obtained prior to departure from 
company rendezvous. Settlement for rations or meals obtained 
at company rendezvous and en route to mobilization camp (see 
par. 31) will be made by camp quartermasters of mobilization 
camps on Form No. 330. War Department. No ration savings 
are authorized on the money allowance for meals or rations thus 
obtained. Camp quartermasters will secure the necessary funds 
on requisitions to department quartermasters to settle these 
accounts. (See par. 30.) 


V 


Section V. 


SUPPLIES. EQUIPMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION AT 
MOBILIZATION CAMPS. 

Paragraph. 


Subsistence_ 41 

Fuel and forage_ 42 

Transportation for camp purposes_ 43 

Private mounts_ 44 

Animals owned by States, organizations, and enlisted men_45 

Arms, equipment, and clothing_ 46 

Ammunition_ 47 

Method of accounting for United States property for the 

National Guard_ 48 

Transfer of accountability for National Guard property_ 49 

Clothing in possession of enlisted men_ 50 

See Recruitment at mobilization camps- 13 

See Training at mobilization camps- 11 

See Administration of mobilization camps- 10 


41. Subsistence.—Department quartermasters will arrange 
to furnish camp quartermasters with the garrison rations, to¬ 
gether with such of the authorized allowances of soap, candles, 
matches, toilet paper, and ice as may be required for the num¬ 
ber of troops to be mobilized at each mobilization camp. The 
camp quartermaster will be prepared to issue these supplies to 
troops upon their arrival at mobilization camp. (See pars. 30 
and 40.) 

Issues will be made on ration returns (Form No. 223, Quar¬ 
termaster Corps) submitted by regiments or other independent 
organizations. When leaving the State mobilization camp for 
concentration camp organizations will take with them any ra¬ 
tions they may have on hand, in addition to rations issued for 
the journey. 

“ Upon arrival at mobilization and concentration camps the 
ration savings privilege is suspended and entirely replaced by 
issue of rations in kind.” (Par. 293, F. S. R.) 


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24 MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 

Department quartermasters will also arrange to furnish camp 
quartermasters with the authorized travel rations, or garrison 
rations if cooking facilities are available, to supply all troops 
en route from mobilization camps to concentration camps, and 
camp quartermasters will be prepared to issue the same to 
troops on rations returns (Form No. 223, Q. M. C.). Sufficient 
allowances will be made in the orders directing the issue of ra¬ 
tions to provide for delays incident to the movement of troop 
trains and to permit the organizations to have on hand at least 
one day’s rations upon arrival at their destination. 

42. Fuel and forage.—Department quartermasters will ar¬ 
range for furnishing camp quartermasters with the necessary 
fuel, forage, and bedding, and for the shoeing of the authorized 
animals pertaining to the National Guard to be mobilized at 
such camps. 

The camp quartermaster will be prepared to issue such fuel, 
forage, and bedding and to keep the animals properly shod. 

43. Transportation for camp purposes.—Under the direc¬ 
tion of the department commander camp quartermasters will 
provide the necessary transportation for camp purposes, trans¬ 
portation in the possession of organizations being utilized as 
far as practicable. 

44. Private mounts of National Guard officers.—mounted 
officer of the National Guard may take horses owned by him 
into the service of the United States as his private mounts, not 
to exceed the number authorized for his grade, provided he has 
certificates in duplicate, on Form No. 277, A. G. O., modified to 
meet requirements, from a Regular Army officer, fully describing 
the horses and certifying to their soundness and suitability for 
military purposes. One copy of the certificate will be given the 
owner and the other filed with the senior inspector-instructor 
on duty in the State, Territory, or District of Columbia. 
These horses will be subject to all provisions prescribed in 
Army Regulations for private mounts of officers of the Regular 
Army. 

Officers of the Regular Army when inspecting an organiza¬ 
tion under section 93, act of June 3, 1916, are authorized, when 
so requested, to inspect private mounts of. National Guard 
officers and to give certificates good for one year when the con¬ 
ditions found warrant such action. Such inspecting officers 
will be governed by paragraph 1080, A. R.; G. O. 34, W. D., 
1914; and G. O. 9 and 15, W. D., 1916. 


25 


SUPPLIES, El'C., AT MOBILIZATION CAMPS. 

Horses taken into the service of the United States by 
mounted officers will remain the property of their owners when 
mustered out of the Federal service. No rental will be paid 
officers who provide their own mounts, for the reason that 
officers above the grade of captain are required to provide 
mounts at their own expense, and mounted officers below the 
grade of major who provide their own mounts receive an addi¬ 
tion to their pay as authorized by law. 

45. Animals owned by States, organizations, and enlisted 
men.—Suitable animals owuied by a State and in the possession 
of mounted organizations called or drafted into the service of 
the United States, or owned by the mounted organizations or 
enlisted men thereof, may be sold to the United States at the 
company rendezvous (see par. 37) or the mobilization camp. 
They wdll not be purchased elsew’here nor taken with mounted 
organizations called or drafted except to the mobilization camp 
until sold to the United States. These animals will be inspected by 
the mustering officer and a competent veterinarian or by a regu¬ 
larly organized remount board, and will not be purchased unless 
found to be sound and to conform to War Department specifica¬ 
tions. The price paid for these animals shall not exceed the 
average price paid for the same class of animals for the Regular 
Army during the preceding fiscal year, and the number pur¬ 
chased for any organization shall not exceed the authorized al¬ 
lowance fixed by the War Department for similar units of the 
Regular Army. The mustering officer will make out a descrip¬ 
tive card, in duplicate, on Form No. 277, A. G. O., of each animal 
purchased, one copy of which will be filed with the records of 
the organization, and the other with the department quarter¬ 
master. On the day that animals are accepted they wall be 
branded “ U. S.” on the right fore shoulder, and when assigned 
to organizations they will also be branded on the hoof of one 
forefoot, li inches below the coronet, with the designation of 
the company, as provided in A. R. 1067. Immediately after 
purchasing the animals the mustering officer will report by wire 
the average price paid for each class to the Quartermaster Gen¬ 
eral of the Army, also the number of each kind of animal 
purchased and the designation of the organization to which 
assigned, in order that the Quartermaster General may know 
to what extent National Guard organizations are equipped with 
animals, and that he may take steps to supply such number and 
kind of animals, as may be required to complete the authorized 


26 


MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 


allowance of National Guard troops. The mustering officer will 
also advise the department quartermaster of the number and 
kind of animals purchased, from whom purchased, and the price 
paid per head, in order that the department quartermaster may 
procure the necessary funds from the Quartermaster General to 
cover the purchase of the animals. When mustered out of the 
service of the United States the former owner may purchase the 
animal thus sold at the price paid therefor by the Government. 
The sale must be consummated at the point where the organiza¬ 
tion to which the animal was assigned is mustered out. 

46. Arms, equipment, and clothing.—Whenever an order 
or proclamation is issued calling or drafting the National Guard 
into the service of the United States the chief of each supply 
corps or department concerned will cause to be shipped at once 
to the camp quartermasters of mobilization camps, without requi¬ 
sition, sufficient arms, equipment, clothing, and medical supplies 
to enable the organizations so called forth to be fully armed 
and equipped at maximum war strength. The arms and per¬ 
sonal equipment thus shipped are for the sole purpose of 
equipping the men required to raise the organizations from peace 
to war strength, and their use for the purpose of replacing worn 
equipment or equipment of an older model is not authorized. 
Regimental commanders are authorized to distribute different 
models of equipment within a regiment so that as far as prac¬ 
ticable companies will have uniform equipment, but they are 
not authorized to turn in any serviceable arms or equipment in 
making such adjustments. 

All medical supplies furnished without requisitions, including 
materiel for camp hospitals, will be invoiced to the camp 
surgeon. 

Shortages in arms, equipment, clothing, and medical supplies 
of organizations, exclusive of those incident to increase of per¬ 
sonnel to maximum war strength, found to exist at mobilization 
camps, will be corrected by requisitions submitted through mili¬ 
tary channels. Equipment found to be in excess of that required 
for the troops will be reported by the camp quartermaster and 
camp surgeon to the department commander. 

47. Ammunition.—All ammunition for which property and 
disbursing officers for the United States are accountable will 
be brought to the mobilization camp and invoiced to the supply 
officers of the various organizations. No ammunition will be 
issued to companies and detachments at mobilization camps 


SUPPLIES, ETC., AT MOBILIZATION CAIMPS. 27 

except upon the orders of department commanders. Additional 
ammunition will be supplied under orders of the War Depart¬ 
ment upon arrival at concentration camps. 

48. Method of accoiintiiii? for United States property for 
the National Guard.—When the National Guard is not in 
Federal service the property and disbursing officer for the 
United States is accountable to the Militia Bureau for all 
United States property issued to the National Guard within his 
State. Supply officers of regiments or separate units less than a 
regiment are accountable to him for all quartermaster, ordnance, 
engineer, and signal property issued by him to regiments or 
separate units less than a regiment, A medical officer of the 
regiment or separate unit less than a regiment is accountable 
to him for all the medical supplies. Company commanders and 
individual officers are responsible, but not accountable, for the 
property or supplies issued to them on memorandum receipt by 
supply or medical officers. 

When an organization of the National Guard is in Federal 
service the method of accounting for United States property 
is the same as given above, except that supply and medical 
officers are accountable directly to the pro])er bureaus of the 
War Department. (See par. 40.) 

49. Transfer of accountability for National Guard prop¬ 
erty.—When called or drafted into the service of the United 
States officers accountable for property or supplies to the prop¬ 
erty and disbursing officer will at once close their returns to 
him by striking a balance for each item as shown by their re¬ 
turns on the date of the call or draft. They will at once make 
separate lists in quadruplicate of the property or supplies per¬ 
taining to each department, giving all articles and the number 
of each as shown by the balances hereinbefore required. The 
following certificate of the supply or medical officer will be 
placed on tbe lists: 

“ I hereby certify that the accountability for all the property 

and stores enumerated on this list was this-^ day of-, 

191 —, transferred from the property and disbursing officer for 

the United States in the State of - to the proper bureau 

of the War Department.” 

These lists will be used by the officers as vouchers for their 
first returns in Federal service. (See par. 48.) Two (2) copies 
of each of these lists will be furnished the property and dis¬ 
bursing officer, who will forward one to the Militia Bureau 





28 MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 

with his return as a voucher for dropping the articles shown 
thereon from his return. 

New memorandum receipts for property in possession of or¬ 
ganizations will not be required to replace those in effect at 
the date of the call or draft. 

All serviceable property in State storehouses or arsenals 
or in ti-ansit from Federal supply depots at the time of the call 
or draft will be invoiced and shipped by the property and dis¬ 
bursing officer to supply and medical officers at mobilization 
cami)s or. if needed by organizations, to their supply and medical 
officers direct. 

Any property purchased by a State, Territory, or the District of 
Columbia under the provisions of section 86. act of June 3, 1916, 
should be brought into the service of the United States in the 
same manner as United States property. 

50. Clothing in possession of enlisted men.—All service¬ 
able clothing in the possession of enlisted men will be charged 
against them on their clothing accounts and dropped by supply 
officers on proper vouchers. Such of the articles of clothing 
as are new will be charged at the prices given in the latest 
general order on the subject issued by the War Department, 
and the articles that have been worn prior to the date of call 
or draft at one-half of the list price. 


Section VI. 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNITED STATES MUSTERING 
OFFICERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 


Paragraph. 


Detail of officers_ 51 

Duties of mustering officers_ 52 

Duties of medical examiner_ 53 

Records and reports of mustering officer and medical 

examiner_ 54 

Records of officers_ 55 

Records of enlisted men_!- 50 

Initial muster roll_ 57 

Initial returns_ .58 

Method of forwarding records_ 59 

Records for adjutant general of a State_ 60 

Physical examination- 61 

Report of physical examination- 62 

Inspection of records- 63 

Blank forms_ 64 

Inspection of arms, equipment, and clothing_ 65 

Inspection of property returns and memorandum receipts. 66 


51. Detail of officers.—When all or any part of the National 
Guard is called or drafted into the service of the United States, 
the commanding general of each territorial department will at 
once detail a mustering officer and the necessary assistant mus¬ 
tering officers for each State and Territory, and the District of 
Columbia, within the limits of his department, from line officers 
of the Regular Army. He will also detail for each State and 
Territory, and the District of Columbia, a medical examiner 
and the necessary assistant medical examiners from officers of 
the Medical Corps of the Regular Army. The medical examiner 
may also be detailed as camp surgeon. (See par. 25.) Officers 
so detailed will be ordere<l to prf>ceed without delay to the State 
mobilization camps, assistant mustering officers and the medical 
examiner being ordered to report upon arrival to the mustering 

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30 MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 

officer for duty. In cases where troops are not sent to mobiliza¬ 
tion camps, these officers will be ordered by department com¬ 
manders to company rendezvous or new stations of organiza¬ 
tions. (See pars. 4, 27, and 28.) 

52. Duties of mustering officers.—Mustering officers will 
direct and supervise all work connected with: 

(a) The preparation of records of individual officers and en¬ 
listed men required by the War Department, the initial regi¬ 
mental returns, and the initial muster rolls of the companies 
and detachments. 

( b ) Physical examinations of officers and enlisted men. 

(c) Inspection of regimental, company, and detachment rec¬ 
ords and property. 

In case an organization is ordered to leave the mobilization 
camp before completion of the work required by these instruc¬ 
tions, the mustering officer will make prompt report to the de¬ 
partment commander of the status of the work, in order that 
instructions may be given for its completion at the new station 
of the organization as soon as practicable. 

Camp and other commanders will facilitate in every way 
practicable the work of mustering officers. Mustering officers 
will report by telegraph to department commanders the arrival 
of regiments, battalions, companies, and detachments at the 
mobilization points, stating for each the strength of officers and 
enlisted men separately. This information will be transmitted 
by telegraph by d^artment commanders to The Adjutant Gen¬ 
eral of the Army. 

If time and opportunity permit, mustering officers will in¬ 
struct officers of the National Guard in the methods of official 
correspondence, the keeping of records, and the means of pro¬ 
curing, issuing, and accounting for military supplies, inviting 
particular attention to the provisions of Army Regulations bear¬ 
ing on the subjects. 

53. Duties of medical examiner.—The medical examiner 
will direct, supervise, and when practicable make the exami¬ 
nations of officers and enlisted men as to physical fitness, re¬ 
quired by section 115 of the act of June 3, 1916. He will be 
responsible that the reports of physical examination and identi¬ 
fication record cards are made, authenticated, and completed, 
in accordance with instructions of the War Department. He 
will assist the mustering officer in the inspection of records, 
equipment, and property returns of sanitary troops t.«?ee pars. 


MUSTERING OFFICERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 31 

63, 65, and 66). If not practicable for the Regular Army medical 
examiners to make all examinations, medical officers of the 
National Guard will be detailed to assist in the work. (See 
par. 13.) 

When the initial muster of troops is made at company rendez¬ 
vous or at points other than mobilisation camps (see pars. 27, 
28, and 51) the medical examiner will direct and supervise the 
prompt administration of the vaccination against typhoid fever 
and smallpox. 

54. Records and reports of mustering officers and medical 
examiners.—Mustering officers and medical examiners will 
preserve complete records of orders, correspondence, and all mat¬ 
ters receiving their action and relating to individuals or organi¬ 
zations of the National Guard. Upon being relieved they will 
submit detailed reports of their duties to the department com¬ 
mander, turning over all instructions and records to their 
successors, and whenever a mustering office is finally closed the 
mustering officer will forward the official records referred to 
above directly to The Adjutant General of the Army. 

55. Records of officers.—The individual records of officers 
required by the War Department are as follows: 

(a) Officer’s record card. Form No. 218-1, A. G. O. Until the 
new form for the National Guard becomes available. Form No. 
218. A. G. O., will be used, in which case the mustering officer 
will add an indorsement on the first page of the form showing 
the home station or place of company rendezvous and the date 
the officer reported thereat in response to the call or draft of the 
President. 

(&) Physical examination of officer. Form No. 378-1, A. G. O. 

(c) Designation of beneficiary-. Form No. 380-1, A. G. O. 

(See par. 7 with regard to records of reserve officers.) 

56. Records of enlisted men.—The individual records of 
enlisted men required by the War Department are as follows: 

(a) Enlistment paper. Form No. 22-1, A. G. O. 

New enlistment papers will be prepared for soldiers whose 
enlistments have not been recorded on this form. The words 
“ on the ” will be substituted for the word “ this ” in the oath 
of enlistment, making the oath an acknowledgment by the 
soldier that he voluntarily enlisted on the date of his actual 
enlistment in the National Guard or Organized Militia. The 
declaration will show the conjugal condition of the soldier and 
the names of dependent relatives, if any, on the date of the call 


32 


MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. 


or draft. The company commander will sign the certificate of 
enlistment, making the necessary changes in the wording 
thereof. 

If a soldier who has been in the service of the United States 
under a prior call of the President prefers not to sign the oath 
of enlistment, this part of the form will be left blank, and the 
declaration will include the place of birth, age, and occupation 
of the soldier. 

(b) Report of physical examination, Form No. 135-1, A. G. O. 
Until the new form for the National Guard becomes available 
Form No. 10, O. M.. or No. 135, A. G. O., will be used, in which 
case the space on pages 4 and 5 for the physical examination at 
place of acceptance will be left blank. 

(c) Identification record card, Form No. 11, O. M., or Form 
No. 260, A. G. O. (See paragraph 62.) 

Photographs and photographic negatives are not required for 
members of the National Guard. 

(d) Designation of beneficiary. Form No. 380-1, A. G. O. 

57. Initial muster roll.—Each company and detachment will 
be mustered by the mustering officer or one of his assistants 
as soon as practicable after its arrival at the mobilization camp 
or at company rendezvous or other station, if so ordered. The 
roll will be prepared in triplicate on the Regular Army muster 
roll forms (No. 61 or 21, A. G. O.) or on the Organized Militia 
forms (No. 13 or 14, O. M.) until the supply is exhausted, and 
will cover the period from the date the company is required to 
respond to the call, or in case of draft, the date thereof, to the 
date of initial muster, the brief and the caption being amended 
accordingly. All changes in status and duties of officers and 
enlisted men during this period will be carefully stated on the 
roll in the manner prescribed by the printed instructions on the 
blank form. Changes subsequent to the date of initial muster 
will be noted on the bimonthly muster rolls of the company 
or detachment. The names of all officers and enlisted men of 
the company, whether present or absent, including those who 
failed to respond to the call, will be shown on the rolls. 

The following will be added to the certificate of the company 
or detachment commander: “ Except as otherwise stated in 
‘ Remarks,’^ each officer and enlisted man whose name appears 
on this roll, responded to the call of the President by reporting 
for duty at the company rendezvous at (city or town) (State) 
on_, 191—.” The word “ Initial ” will be added before the 



MUSTERING OFFICERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 33 

words “ muster roll ” on the brief and also In the caption. The 
name of officers not belonging to companies will not be borne 
on muster rolls. (Par. 807, A. K.) 

Corrections or alterations on initial muster rolls after muster 
and before the rolls have been forwarded will not be made ex¬ 
cept with the approval of the mustering officer; nor will the 
copy retained with the records of an organization, the original 
having been transmitted to The Adjutant General of the Army, 
be changed in any particular without authority from the War 
Department. 

The mustering officer will report to the department commander 
by letter the name, grade, company and regiment or corps or de¬ 
partment, the home address, and cause of absence, if known, of 
each officer and enlisted, man absent at initial muster. (See 
par. 3.) 

58. Initial returns.—Initial returns in triplicate, covering the 
period from the date an organization is required to respond to 
the call or in case of draft, from the date thereof, to the date of 
initial muster will be prepared by regimental and separate 
battalion or company commanders. All changes in status and 
duties of officers during this period will be carefully stated on 
the return in the manner prescribed by the printed instructions 
on the blank form. Form No. 41, A. G. O., will be used for a 
regiment or separate battalion, and Form No. 30, A. G. O., for a 
separate company. Changes subsequent to the date of initial 
muster will be noted on the monthly returns of the regiment, 
separate battalion, or company. 

59. 3Iethod of forwarding records.—The individual records 
of officers and enlisted men, as enumerated in paragi-aphs 55 
and 56, initial returns and initial muster rolls will be forwarded 
by the mustering officer directly to The Adjutant General of 

'the Army. The records of officers will be inclosed with the 
initial returns of the regiments, separate battalions, or sepa¬ 
rate companies to which they belong. Records of officers not 
belonging to regiments, separate battalions, or separate com¬ 
panies will be forwarded wdth letters of transmittal. Records 
of enlisted men will be inclosed with the initial muster rolls of 
the companies or detachments of which they are members. 
The individual records of officers and enlisted men who report 
after the date of initial muster as well as of those who fail 
to respond to the call or draft will be forwarded with letter 
of transmittal directly to The Adjutant General of the Army. 


34 MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. ‘ 

If the preparation of any of the records is unduly delayed 
the completed records will be forwarded with a letter of trans¬ 
mittal enumerating the delayed records and explaining the 
cause of the delay. 

60. Records for adjutant general of a State.—Copies of 
initial muster rolls, initial returns, and of letters of trans¬ 
mittal required by paragraph 59, in case of officers not be¬ 
longing to regiments, separate battalion, or separate companies, 
will be forwarded by the mustering officer directly to the 
adjutant general of the State or Territory or the District of 
Columbia. 

61. Physical examinations.—The physical examinations of 
officers and enlisted men will be thorough and searching and 
will be conducted in accordance with authorized rules for ex¬ 
amining recruits for the Regular Army. Where physical de¬ 
fects or disabilities are found the medical examiner will state 
definitely whether or not they existed or originated prior to 
the date the officer or soldier reported at the company ren¬ 
dezvous under the call or draft of the President. (See par. 19.) 

62. Report of physical examination.—The correctness of 
the data contained in the reports of physicfd examinations on 
file with the records of the company will be carefully verified 
by the medical examiner or one of his assistants, who will add 
an indorsement on the last page of the form, stating whether 
the soldier is qualified or disqualified for service, and if dis¬ 
qualified, the reason therefor. In either case all defects not 
recorded in the body of the report \sdll be noted in the indorse¬ 
ment. New reports of physical examination will be prepared 
in case of officers and enlisted men for whom no such reports 
are on file with the records of the company. (See pars. 55 
and 56.) 

If the officer or soldier has been or is to be recommended for' 
discharge on certificate of disability, that fact will be noted 
on report of physical examination. (See par. 19.) 

Minor physical defects or deficiencies not disqualifying the 
soldier for field service will not be sufficient reason for recom¬ 
mending his discharge on certificate of disability. Doubtful 
cases will be submitted in writing to the mustering officer for 
decision. 

When completed the reports of physical examination and 
the identification record cards (see par. 56) will be submitted 


MUSTERING OFFICERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 35 

to the mustering officer with such special report^ and recom¬ 
mendations as the medical examiner may deem appropriate. 

63. Inspection of records.—The mustering officer or one of 
his assistants will inspect the records of each headquarters, com¬ 
pany, and detachment and will issue the necessary instructions 
to make them conform to the requirements of the War Depart¬ 
ment. (See par. 30.) 

The records required to be kept in each regiment are enu¬ 
merated in paragraph 258, and those to be kept in each company 
or detachment, in paragraphs 280 and 281, Army Regulations, 
1913. (See par. 53.) 

64. Blank forms.—Blank forms for the preparation of the 
records enumerated in paragraphs 55 and 56 will be furnished 
mustering officers by the department adjutant without requisi¬ 
tion. Whenever the National Guard is called or drafted into the 
service of the United States The Adjutant General of the Army 
and the heads of other bureaus of the War Department will for¬ 
ward without requisition an initial supply of blank forms for 
regimental and company administration to the mustering officer 
who will distribute the forms with full and explicit explanations 
for their use. Additional blank forms will be furnished by the 
department commander upon requisition. 

65. Inspection of arms, equipment, and clothing.—The 
mustering officer or officers designated by him will inspect the 
arms, equipment, and clothing of each headquarters, company, 
and detachment to ascertain if they are complete and serviceable. 
(See pars. 21 and 53). Requisitions will be submitted to the 
department commander through the mustering officer to com¬ 
plete for each organization the arms, equipment, and clothing 
which can not be obtained from the local supply officers. (See 
par. 46.) 

66. Inspection of property returns and memorandum 
receipts.—The mustering officer or one of his assistants will 
inspect the returns and memorandum receipts of all officers ac¬ 
countable or responsible for property and issue necessary instruc¬ 
tions to make them conform to the requirements of the War 
Department. (See par. 48.) An inventory of property by the 
mustering officer is not required. 


36 


MOBILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL GUABD. 


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Section VII. 

RESERVE BATTALIONS IN TIME OF WAR. 

Paragraph. 


Organizing battalions_ 67 

Draft_ 68 

Transfer to organizations_ 69 

Transfer to reserve battalions_ 70 

Station of battalion_ 71 


67. Organizing battalions.—“ When members of the National 
Guard and the enlisted reserve thereof of any State, Territory, 
or the District of Columbia shall have been brought into the serv¬ 
ice of the United States in time of war, there shall be immediately 
organized, either from such enlisted reserve, or from the unor¬ 
ganized militia, in such State, Territory, or District, one reserve 
battalion for each regiment of Infantry or Cavalry, or each 9 
batteries of Field Artillery, or each 12 companies of Coast Artil¬ 
lery, brought into the service of the United States, and such 
reserve battalion shall constitute the fourth battalion of any 
such regiment or 12 companies of Coast Artillery* Reserve bat¬ 
talions shall consist of four companies of such strength as may 
be prescribed by the President of the United States. When the 
members of three or more regiments of the National Guard of 
any State, Territory, or District shall have been brought into the 
service of the United States, the reserve battalions of such regi¬ 
ments may be organized into provisional regiments and higher 
units.” (Sec. 79, act of June 3, 1916.) (See par. 14.) 

68. Draft.—‘‘ If for any reason there shall not be enough 
voluntary enlistments to keep the reserve battalions at the pre¬ 
scribed strength, a sufficient number of the unorganized militia 
shall be drafted into the service of the United States to maintain 
each of such battalions at the proper strength. ♦ * * Officers 
for the reserve battalions provided for herein shall be drafted 
from the National Guard reserve or Coast Artillery companies 
of the National Guard or the Officers’ Reserve Corps, such offi¬ 
cers to be taken, if practicable, from the States, respectively, in 
which the battalions shall be organized.” (See 79, act of June 
3, 1916.) 







RESERYT: BAl'TALIONS IN TIME OF WAR. 


37 


69. Transfer to organizations.—“As vacancies occur from 
death or other causes in any organization in the service of the 
United States and composed of men taken from the National 
Guard, men shall be transferred from the reserve battalions to 
the organizations in the field so that such organizations may be 
maintained at war strength.” (Sec. 79, act of June 3, 1916.) 

70. Transfers to reserve battalions.—“ Officers and non¬ 
commissioned officers returned to their home stations because 
of their inability to perform active field service may be assigned 
to reserve battalions for duty, and all soldiers invalided home 
shall be assigned to and carried on the rolls of reserve battalions 
until returned to duty or until discharged.” (Sec. 79, act of 
June 3, 1916.) 

71. Station of battalions.—Reserve battalions for recruit 
training will, in the absence of other orders from the War De¬ 
partment, be stationed at Regular Army posts or mobilization 
camps. 

Commanding officers of camps for reserve battalions will be 
designated by the commanding general of the territorial depart¬ 
ment in which such camps are located, preferably from the list 
of retired officers of the Regular Army designated for active 
duty. The staff duties of such camps will be performed by the 
State administrative staff officers in the service of the United 
States. (See par. 15.) 


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INDEX, 


Adjutant General of the Army: Par. 

Blank forms_ 64 

Records for__ 59 

Strength reports_ 52 

Adjutant general of State: 

Armories _ 84 

Records for_ 60 

State property_ 34 

Transmission of call or draft_ 1 

Ammunition _ 47 

Animals : 

Bedding, fuel, forage, and shoeing- 42 

Private mounts_ 44 

Purchase of_ 45 

Taken to camp- 37, 44, 45 

Apprehension of enlisted men who fail to report for duty_ 3 

Armories, vacating- 34 

Arms. See Property of the United States. 

Articles of War, reading of, enumerated in A. W. 110_ 33 

Beneficiaries, designation of-56, 59 

Blank forms- 55, 56, 64 

Call into service of the United States: 

Date of assembly- 29 

Proclamation and transmission of- 1 

Punishment for failure to answer call- 3 

Camps: * 

Camp commander_10, 52 

Camp surgeon-25,46 

See Mobilization Camps; Quartermaster, Camp. 

Chief of Engineers, United States Army: 

Blank forms-:- 64 

Engineer property, war strength- 46 

Property accountability- 48 


39 


























40 


-Chief of Ordnance, United States Army: Par. 

Ammunition _ 47 

Blank forms_ 64 

Ordnance property, war strength_ 46 

Property accountability_ 48 

Chief Signal Officer of the Array: 

Blank forms_ 64 

Property accountability- 48 

Signal property, war strength- 46 

Clothing, issue of_ 50 

Commanders of organizations, report for orders_ 5 

Oommissions, discharge of enlisted men to accept_ 18 

Company rendezvous: 

Articles of War read- 33 

Contagious diseases- 38 

Date of assembly- 29 

Definition of_ 9 

Quarters for troops- 32 

Records_ 30 

Recruitment_ 12 

State property- 34 , 37 

Subsistence- 31 , 40 

Training- 33 

Transportation- 35 , 39 

United States property- 37 

Vacating armories- 34 

Concentration camps: 

Definition- 9 

Subsistence- 41 

Contagious diseases- 38 

Department adjutant, blank forms_ 64 

Department commander: 

Ammunition_ 47 

Appointment of— 

Camp quartermaster_ 24 

Camp surgeon- 25 

National Guard officers_ 17 

Arrest of enlisted men who fail to report for duty_ 3 

Assembly of troops at mobilization camps_ 30 

Contagious diseases_ 3 g 

Discharge of enlisted men to accept commissions_ is 

Discharge of officers and enlisted men for disability.. 19 



































41 


Department Commander—Continued. Par. 

Duties_ 4 

Fuel and forage_ 42 

Inspection of arms, equipment, and clothing_ 65 

Jurisdiction_•_ 3 

Medical examiners and assistants, detail of_51, 52 

Mobilization camps, inspection of_ 23 

Mobilization camps, selection of_ 22 

Mustering officers and assistants, detail of_51, 52 

Officer in charge of militia affairs_ 4 

Recruitment_4, 12, 14, 15 

Report of strength_ 52 

Requisitions for arms, equipment, and clothing_ 65 

Reserve battalions for recruit training_ 71 

Subsistence of troops_31, 40, 41 

Transportation_ 35, 39,43 

Use of Regular Army personnel_ 8 

Waiver of minor physical defects by_ 16 

Department quartermaster: 

Fuel and forage_ 42 

Purchase of animals- 45 

Subsistence of troops- 31, 40, 41 

Transportation- 35, 39, 43 

Dependent relatives- 56 

Discharge: 

Enlisted men to accept commissions_ 18 

Officers and enlisted men for disability- 19 

Draft into service of the United States-1, 29, 68 

Enlisted men. National Guard: 

Clothing- 50 

Designation of beneficiaries-56, 59 

Discharge for disability- 19 

Discharge to accept commission- 18 

Enlistment papers-56, 59 

Identification record card-56, 59 

Initial muster_51, 59 

Payment- 20 

Physical examination-56, 61, 62 

Records of- 56 

Enlistment papers- 56 

Equipment. See Property of the United States. 

Federal service, induction into- 2 






































42 


Par. 

’Forage_ 42 

Forms, blank_ 55, 56, 64 

Fuel_ 42 

Governor of State, appointment of officers- 17 

iHorses. See Animals. 

Identification record card- 56,59,64 

Initial muster_ 57, 59, 60, 64 

Initial returns_ 58, 59, 60, 64 

Inspector-instructors: 

Record of private mounts- 44 

Use of_ 11 

Instruction, programs of- 11 

Laws governing National Guard- 2 

Letters of transmittal_59, 60 

Medical examiners: 

Blank forms_ 64 

Detail_25, 51 

Duties_12,13,16, 53 

Inspection of— 

Equipment_ 65 

Memorandum receipts_ 48, 49, 66 

Records_53, 63 

Returns for medical supplies_ 48, 49, 66 

Physical defects-16, 61, 62 

Physical examination_61, 62 

Records and reports_ 54, 60, 62 

Reports of physical examination_ 55, 56, 60, 62, 64 

Medical supplies. See Property of the United States. 

Memorandum receipts_ 48, 49, 66 

Militia, discharge from, in case of draft_ 2 

Militia Bureau_48, 49 

Mobilization: 

Coast Artillery_ 28 

In winter- 4 , 27 

Mobilization camps: 

Administration_ 10 

Ammunition_ 47 

Commander_10, 52 

Contagious diseases_ 38 

Definition_ 9 

Expenditures_ 26 




































Mobilization camps—Continued. Par. 

Inspection_ 23 

Medical examiners_ 51 

Mustering officers_ 51 

Order for assembly of troops_ 36 

Preparation of camp_ 26 

Private property_ 37 

Property of State_34, 37 

Property of the United States_ 4, 27, 28, 30, 39 

Purchase of animals_ 45 

Quartermaster_ 24, 26, 30, 31, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48 

Selection of_ 22 

Subsistence_40, 41 

Surgeon_25, 46 

Training_ 11 

Transportation_39, 43 

Muster, initial_ 57, 59, 60, 64 

Mustering officer: 

Blank forms_ 64 

Detail_ 51 

Duties_ 52, 55, 56, 60 

Forwarding records, rolls, and returns_59, 60 

Initial muster_ 57, 59, 60 

Initial returns_^- 58, 59, 60 

Inspection— 

Arms, equipment, and clothing- 65 

Memorandum receipts- 66 

Private mounts- 44 

Property returns- 66 

Records_53, 63 

Physical defects, waiver of-16, 61, 62 

Purchase of animals- 45 

Recommendations for discharge for disability- 19 

Records and reports- 54, 59, 60, 64 

Reports of strength- 52 

National Guard, organization- 21 

National Guard, regulations governing- 2 

Noncommissioned officers. Regular Army- 8 

Officers, National Guard: 

Appointment- 17 

Bonding- 24 

Designation of beneficiaries- 55, 59, 64 









































44 


Officers, National Guard—Continued. Par. 

Discharge for disability_ 19 

Initial muster_ 57, 59, 64 

Payment_ 20 

Physical examination_ 55, 59, 61, 62, 64 

Private mounts_ 44 

Promotion_ 17 

Record cards_ 55, 59, 64 

Records, individual_55, 59 

Reserve_ 7 

Officers, Regular Army: 

Camp commander_ 10 

Camp quartermaster_ 24 

Camp surgeon_ 25 

Inspection of animals_44, 45 

Medical examiners_ 51 

Mustering officers- 51 

Payment, National Guard- 20 

Physical defects: 

Disability_ 19 

Waiver of_16, 61, 62 

Physical examination: 

Enlisted men- 56, 59, 61, 62, 64 

Officers _ 55, 59, 61, 62, 64 

President of the United States: 

Order of, for discharge of officers_ 19 

Proclamation of_ 1 

Property and disbursing officer_ 34, 47, 49 

Property of State- 34, 37, 45 

Property of the United States-30, 39, 46, 48, 49, 50, 65 

Property, private- 37, 44, 45 

Property returns- 48, 49, 66 

Quartermaster, camp: 

Accountability-48, 49 

Appointment- 24 

Arms, equipment, and clothing- 46 

Bedding for animals_ 42 

Blank forms_ 64 

Bonding- 24 

Buildings- 26 

Checking accounts- 30 

Expenditures- 26 







































45 

Quartermaster, camp—Continued, Par. 

Forage and fuel_ 42 

Preparation of camp_ 26 

Purchase of animals_ 45 

Requisitions_ 46 

Shoeing animals_ 42 

Subsistence of troops_31, 40, 41 

Transportation- 35, 39, 43 

See Mobilization Camps. 

Quartermaster General of the Army: 

Blank forms_ 64 

Bonding National Guard officers_ 24 

Equipment, war strength_ 46 

Plans for temporary buildings_ 26 

Property accountability_ 48 

Purchase of animals_ 45 

Quarters for troops_ 32 

Rations_31, 40, 41 

Records: 

Company_ 30, 63, 64 

Individual_ 55, 56, 64 

Inspection_53, 63 

Methods of forwarding_ 59 

Property_48, 49 

Ration returns- 31 

Regimental_63, 64 

Recruiting rendezvous- 15 

Recruitment: 

Company rendezvous- 12 

General_ 14 

^Mobilization camp- 13 

Regular Army personnel- 8 

Reports of physical examination- 62 

Requisitions: 

Blank forms- 64 

For arms, equipment, clothing, and medical supplies. 46, 65 

Reserve battalions-67, 71 

Reserve, National Guard- 7 

Returns: 

For property- 48, 49, 66 

Initial_^6, 59, 60, 64 



































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State administration staff: Par. 

Camp quartermaster_ 24 

Duty with reserve battalions_ 71 

Reports for orders_ 6 

State property_ 34, 37, 45 

Subsistence: 

Company rendezvous_ 31 

Concentration camps_ 41 

En route from company rendezvous_ 40 

Mobilization camps_40, 41 

Surgeon General of the Army: 

Accountability for medical supplies_ 48 

Blank forms_ 64 

Medical supplies, war strength_ 46 

Training_10, 33 

Transportation_ 35, 39, 43 

United States service, induction into_ 1 

War Department: 

Ammunition _ 46 

Individual records_55, 56 

Location of mobilization camp_ 22 

Mobilization _ 4 

Price list of clothing_ 50 

Property returns- 48,49,66 

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